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Concentrated power is kinda a pre-requisite for anything bad happening, so yes, it's more likely in exactly the same way that given this:

  Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.
"Linda is a bank teller" is strictly more likely than "Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement" — all you have is P(a)>P(a&b), not what the probability of either statement is.


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