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The terms common people, commoners, or the masses denote a broad social division referring to ordinary people who are members of neither the nobility nor the priesthood. Since the 20th century, the term common people has been used in a more general sense to refer to typical members of society in contrast to highly privileged (in either wealth or influence).
In Europe, a distinct concept analogous to common people arose in the Classical civilization of ancient Rome around the 6th century BC, with the social division into patricians (nobles) and plebeians (commoners). The division may have been instituted by Servius Tullius, as an alternative to the previous clan based divisions that had been responsible for internecine conflict. The ancient Greeks generally had no concept of class and their leading social divisions were simply non-Greeks, free-Greeks and slaves. The early organisation of Ancient Athens was something of an exception with certain official roles like Archons, magistrates and treasurers being reserved for only the wealthiest citizens – these class-like divisions were weakened by the democratic reforms of Cleisthenes who created new vertical social divisions in contrasting fashion to the horizontal ones thought to have been created by Tullius.
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Common People. Pulp. Subtítulos en español.
Common People by Pulp illustrated by Jamie Hewlett
There are people stepping on my toes
People on my mind
Some of them you have to leave behind
People of my kind
How can I be lonely
With you people all around
Play the wheel of fortune
Playin' in a band
Lady luck will roll the dice
Future's looking grand now
If you need a good advice
Every option has a price
Common people, everyday people
The kind you like to meet
It makes the world go round
Common people, everyday people
The bold an beautiful all on common ground
Every morning like a clockwork
My time is set
Every evening I come home
All in a sweat
You can always count on common people
Like you and me
Oh, common people
There will always be, oh, common people