U.S. citizens are sheep, but sheep get shorn.  Another from Dan Sanchez:

https://medium.com/dan-sanchez/humiliation-and-herd-think-52174109511e#.hm8p1kgpl

“Moreover, the troops hold a special place in the fold. They are not sheep, but sheep-dogs, as Chris Kyle was instructed as a boy in American Sniper. Never mind that sheep-dogs work not for the sake of the sheep, but for the sake of the shepherd’s wool and mutton. And when it comes to the humiliation of sheep at the hands of shepherds and sheep-dogs, the herd mind is extremely tolerant.”