One can destroy collective identity by main force, as US occupiers did in the former Axis countries, or batter it down by external pressure, as in the case of the Cold War.

• 集体身份可以被武力摧毁，正像美国占领者在二战轴心国时所做的那样；也可以为外力压垮，如同冷战的例子告诉我们的。