Prepare to Welcome Belasco!

Let us return to the Stark-Roxxon War, a conflict with many parties placing bets and countless forces drawn in, yet no direct fighting taking place. First, it was worth noting that the sharp drop in electricity prices had unexpectedly lowered the cost of living, and it seemed that if the two sides kept fighting, power bills might fall even further.

Moreover, this war had driven a large number of power-generation companies into bankruptcy, forcing them to be acquired by the two corporations. It was a textbook case of the big brother and second brother fighting, only to wipe out the third brother.

"This shows, from one angle, just how absurd electricity prices in the United States are, and how much room there is for them to fall."

Captain looked at the newspaper, shook his head helplessly, and voiced his opinion. Tony saw it completely differently. "The large-scale drop in electricity prices relies entirely on the lower costs and higher efficiency of the Arc Reactor, Captain. Of course, their electricity prices dropped because they suddenly got a huge amount of high-quality, low-cost oil. Without those two things, prices could never have come down. And considering Malekith is fundamentally untrustworthy, then—technological progress is what actually improved our lives."

"Hydra's technology is advanced too, Tony. Technology itself does not mean it can help people."

Tony nodded absentmindedly. "Yeah, yeah. Which is why technology has to be in the hands of the right people. What a coincidence. I'm one of them."

Captain was already too tired to argue with Tony. Tony Stark was unquestionably a futurist, advocating that they should begin designing the technology of the next century now, and he also had fairly strong technological [**********] tendencies. While he did not believe technological advancement could solve every problem, Tony truly believed it could