Majority of neplease culture and education system has taught us to be good follower not leader. Neplease are still in early phase of us migration, like first gen. You guys might not remember due to TPS and all that, but when folks came to US with student visa back in 2002/3 , you would end up spending almost 13/14 years between undergrad, masters, h1, green card journey working hourly job , maintain ing status and got burnout with zero bank balance. Not much family support in financial terms even in small scale, if things go bad. Which deter folks from taking any kind of risk.

With all these conditions, it no suprize, that very few excel to high level. For most having 6 figure salary and raising family with low risk is still definition of success.