User blog comment:Imhungry4444/One Piece Chapter 698 Review/@comment-3425840-20130205171834/@comment-4605926-20130205182500

1 in a million is an expression, you shouldn't take it THAT literally.

Also, just like WonderfulUnicorn said, when you get closer and closer to the top, the rare things don't seem that rare anymore. You don't see criminals every day but if you went to a prison you're bound to see plenty. Why are the Straw Hats meeting stronger and stronger adversaries as they continue sailing? Because they're sailing all the time deeper into the seas where it was already known from the beginning of the series that the deeper you go the harder it gets. They are purposely sailing to locations which they know are more dangerous than what they have seen before. Naturally, the people possessing more power and influence are more aware of the rare items and what not, and therefore, manage to get their hands on them just like many other things. Try comparing it with the real world, the ones in power tend to get hold of the more rare things in the world like money, treasures, unique one-of-a-kind items, power, control etc. while lower class citizens are rarely even aware of their existence.

So you shouldn't despise it, it's just logical really.