This is a metaphor. unlike a simile, for example, Brave as a fox comma it does not use like or as. the definition of a metaphor is, a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Yes they arent as wild as they are told to be
Its all about decisions made through fear or goodness , once humans develop imagined fear anxiety , goodness is reduced and decisions become subjective rather than objective.