I mean, as a European: have you visited the US and noticed that they don’t even include tax within the price (meaning you’ll pay more at checkout since that’s where it only appears)? It’s ridiculous, most countries include VAT within the price of their goods and services but. At least within the EU, VAT is included within the price making it final without any arithmetic.
As an American, visiting the EU confused me so much because I expected the taxes to be confusing since I saw VAT (acronym not used here) everywhere. In US Tax varies on sales items from place to place but is consistent enough if you aren’t moving around that you learn the general average of tax added. It is annoying but you do see the total before you pay. It’s not completely blind. Just anti-consumer probably sold to my grandparents as pro-business