[General] The links between people are weak.

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Silverobama

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I want to say that people in my parents' generation tended to be more friendly and innocent but nowadays as the development of the economy, people are not that much friendly and innocent. (This is just my case, not everyone's.)

Is my italic sentence which I wrote to generalize it natual?

The links between people are weak nowadays. We don't easily trust each other and therefore we're less friendly.
 

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I want to say that people in my parents' generation tended to be more friendly and innocent, but nowadays [STRIKE]as[/STRIKE] with the development of the economy, people are not all that [STRIKE]much[/STRIKE] friendly and innocent. (This is just my view, [STRIKE]case,[/STRIKE] not everyone's.)

Is my italic sentence which I [STRIKE]wrote to[/STRIKE] know is a generalization [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] natural?

The [STRIKE]links[/STRIKE] bonds between people are weak nowadays. We don't easily/readily trust each other and, therefore, we're less friendly.
It works, but it doesn't reflect the economic aspect or the loss of innocence, which you alluded to above.
 

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It works, but it doesn't reflect the economic aspect or the loss of innocence, which you alluded to above.

Got it. I really don't see any connections between after reading my sentences and my context, but I'll write down your corrections for future reference.

Much appreciated!
 
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