Official seal: US is fascist! (both joke and non-joke)

[Sirotnikov]

I am fascinated with symbols, emblems and seals.

And then I noticed the US senate seal. Cool huh?

But guess, what, it has a clear fascio - the sign that represented fascism and it's idea (unity, state above all, militarism)

And I also noticed it features an unclear red hat which is either a communist cap, or belongs to santa claus. very very wierd.

I read the history page, but didn't notice they made reference to the fascio.

[The Mad Monk]

Look into E Pluribus Unum.

Then note the size and location of the olive branches in relation to the faschio.

[geeslaka]

What is the symbolism of olive branches?

[Wernazuma III]

The cap got to be the Phrygian cap or cap of liberty, also later used by French revolutionaries. Don't know exactly why that cap was chosen as a symbol.

[Mr. President]

Your avatar is very distracting, Mr. Sirotnikov.

"E Pluribus Unum" means . . . something like "Unity in Diversity"?

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by geeslaka
What is the symbolism of olive branches?

Triumphant/victory
Victorious athletes got it, but also roman generals during triumphal marches.

[Wernazuma III]

AI checked out, atually the phrygian cap/liberty cap was first used in France by Jacobites and came to the US only in the last years of the 18th century.

[Spiffor]

IIRC, the phrygian cap was worn by liberated slaves in ancient Greece.

Curiously enough, the fascio is used in some French Republic's symbols too. For example, the French passport displays a big fascio:

[alva]

But guess, what, it has a clear fascio

No, not has... It is a fiasco...

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Spiffor
IIRC, the phrygian cap was worn by liberated slaves in ancient Greece.

Sure, that was it.

[BeBMan]

I thought the red cap has to do with Little Red Riding Hood

[Bereta_Eder]

Definitely Santa.
(I don't know)

[BeBMan]

lol @ your avatar

[Bereta_Eder]

Woof!

[Peter Triggs]

The link:

In the eighteenth century, the fasces received a second life, when the young United States and republican France started to use ancient Roman symbols. Both were progressive revolutionary nations that imitated the Roman republican constitution.