And in communicating over the internet (incidentally, it has no single creator; TCP/IP were developed by US Americans), it's possible for us to be in--wait for it--two different regions in which our local usages are both correct! All of this, and what you added, undermines your initial point.
Now, for example, when I write an article for the New York Times, I use US English. When I wrote my doctoral thesis in the UK, I used UK English. These are style guide preferences in context, not arguments for a single, correct version of two different but recognized spellings of a word.
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