China’s protocols are similarly very robust b/c there is lack of societal trust. Scams, rule skirting, bribery, etc... all have to be accounted for. The question is what kinds of strengths this produces.
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Theory: the US advantage comes orimarily from wild west cowboy culture. Establishing rules within a culture that breaks them creates powerful battle tested protocols. These protocols enable large scale coordination. Business, free market, etc... all are battle hardened protocols.
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Trust is maintained not through cultural protocol but logical protocol via technology. If everyone is using the same system and following the same rules, then management is much more scalable.
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This is a bit like cheating though. Centralized protocols are spherical cow approximations that are much are simpler to implement than distributed protocols. It’s beautiful, simple, and clean. But just doesn’t work in reality.
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Alternatively: the US cultural advantage is in managing people who don’t want to be managed. Like outlaw gangs.
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Every other method subverts the individuals to an idea, nation, king, political affiliation, specific individuals, etc...
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