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Can the degree of $k$-nilpotence of a simple simply connected compact Lie group be in $(0,1)$?

Let $G$ be a simple (i.e. every proper normal subgroup is discrete) simply connected compact Lie group. Define the degree of $k$-nilpotence of $G$ to be the Haar measure of the set $$\{(x_1,\dotsc,x_{...