Talk:Cross Continental Transmit System/@comment-35434444-20190115201027

The CCT system is simultaneously a parallel to the real life internet and it's exact opposite. The internet was originally conceived as a delocalized communications systems that was so interconnected and full of redundancies that it could stay online during a nuclear war.

In opposition to this, the CCT is fragile; irreducible such that if any part fails, the system fails. (Localized networks remain operational for plot convenience, but CCT as a term refers specifically to the WAN level of resolution.)

This has often been criticized as a sappy metaphor for mankind's interdependence and the virtues of cooperation, but I think the Lost Fable sheds new light on it and shows us that RWBY has a much deeper thematic foundation than was supposed.

Ozpin's purpose on Remnant is to redeem mankind by bringing them into harmony. The groundwork of his attempts have been military conquest and political reform, but neither of these things would be enough to put the four nations into the same boat for generations to come. The grimm have been such a persistent threat to the people of Remnant that they no longer see it as something that they must stand united against have grand delusions of superiority -- How easily the individualist mercury corrodes into the collectivist sulphur! -- By intentionally introducing this fault into the network, the nations are forced to cooperate. The more they cooperate, the more useful communication with other nations becomes and the more they integrate into each other. The more the integrate, the more valuable and necessary cooperation becomes. All corners of the world gravitate and steadily become the same place.

The system is impractical a means of communication, but communication between the peoples of Remnant is only ancillary to its real purpose as instantiated by Ozpin. The message it is intended to send is a message to the gods; proof of mankind's evolution. It is a transit system between mankind and his own divine aspect. A tapestry of oneness so wide it can be seen from the heavens. (Incidentally, it probably also streams porn. Hey! -- You don't get a clean consciousness without a dirty unconscious!)

Without that -- the imperative for interdependence -- there would be nothing stopping it from being just another tool of solipsism, greed, and war, like so many other Atlisian innovations. As it stands, by ecacerbating the need for cooperation, Ozpin created a mechanism by which it can be demonstrated.

It's far from foolproof, but it's a valiant attempt that puts Ozpin's current state of mind in vol.six to shame.