How do the speaker and Whitman disobey the laws of consumerism?

In Allen Ginsberg’s poem, the speaker and Whitman wander through the supermarket, imagining that they can enjoy its goods without following the usual buying-and-paying routine. They “taste” or sample the food but never go through the cashier, so they disobey consumerism by sampling items without paying for them.

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