Heterodoxy as a cultural value was a huge factor in the rise to dominance of white people.
Consider how, over the centuries, one european country after another was the main explorer or trader, then they'd just sort of give up ...and another would take their place. It was the Dutch for a while, then they quit. It was the Spanish for a while, then they quit. Then the Portuguese, then the English.
Compare that to what the Chinese did. Long before Columbus, the chinese built gigantic sailing ships. Here's a model of one, with columbus' tiny ship next to it to show the scale.
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So if the chinese had that tech before anyone in europe, why aren't we all speaking chinese? Answer: because china was unified under a single emperor. So when he died and a new one came to power - one who wasn't interested in exploration, nobody got to explore.
But in europe when that happened, another country just took their place, and progress overall continued.
Of course today both whites and asians have to deal with shit like this:
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tl;dr black guy robs asian lady. In the process he body slams her to the ground, breaking her neck and paralyzing her. In jail he calls his mom and says "they (the prosecutor) will try to max me out at 20 years, that's bullshit, I ain't going for it." His mom replies, "the bitch (that you paralyzed) already ran up $230k on GoFundMe; bitch better run on with her life (and not press charges).
Spoiler: he got 30 years