Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

capitalism will use every manufactured crisis to price gouge the fuck out of everyone

The situation here is that the government is imposing a tax and that it's getting passed on to consumers. I'm not sure why you're complaining about "capitalism". If Acer were part of the government, they'd be charging more too.

You can't impose a tax and then just have the revenue materialize out of thin air.

But otherwise Acer couldn't have raised their prices!

Acer can set their prices wherever they feel like. They can double them tomorrow, regardless of whether tariffs show up. What limits their prices is competition, and the fact that consumers will buy from competitors if they do so, not a lack of some event to act as an "excuse to raise prices".