That is an interesting take on the whole cluster,
 I was under the impression that classic was attempting to keep some credibility to the original mission statement.

"Our goal is to provide a platform for decentralized applications - an android of the cryptocurrency world, where all efforts can share a common set of APIs, trustless interactions and no compromises. We ask for the community to join us as volunteers, developers, investors and evangelists seeking to enable a fundamentally different paradigm for the internet and the relationships it provides. "

"a trustless, decentralized database enjoying security enforced by the austere relentlessness of cryptography and a robust transaction system capable of sending value across the world without intermediaries."

To this end ETC exists, had this been the true driving force, we would not find ourselves in this quagmire.