 The Diggers took their name from the original English Diggers led by Gerrard Winstanley and sought to create a mini-society free of money and capitalism.Although free stores have not been uncommon in the United States since the 1960s, the freegan movement has inspired the establishment of more free stores.Culturally, some people feel that accepting free goods carries a stigma, so many people who use these shops are those who are led to them either by need (financially poor, such as students, single parents, the working-class, and the elderly) or by conviction (anti-capitalists and environmentalists).