It is a cultural point; they live in a culture which does not and has not historically fostered creative types. They have for centuries fostered obedience.
Whether this is purely a cultural phenomena or a biological one will not be known until they are free and years of allowing expression are allowed to happen.
Without the authoritarian lid on their creativity we may find their creativeness equals or surpasses the west. But we can't know the outcome for decades.
It is a cultural point; they live in a culture which does not and has not historically fostered creative types. They have for centuries fostered obedience.
Whether this is purely a cultural phenomena or a biological one will not be known until they are free and years of allowing expression are allowed to happen.
Without the authoritarian lid on their creativity we may find their creativeness equals or surpasses the west. But we can't know the outcome for decades.