The Western world in comparison to the eastern world

I've wondered about this. They never seem to get ahead despite a high IQ. I read about people from China bragging about their government when in other countries. People from the Soviet union when away would mock and ridicule their vile government. Western people say the squeaking wheel gets the grease. In Japan they say the nail that sticks up gets hammerd back down. If you're wrongly accused in Japan, you're expected to take one for the team and accept it. There's something naturally collectivist there maybe.