Just how weak do you think the human mind is?
It must be heavily compromised by its wiring or through abuse before it is subject to much in the way of programming.
Conditioning and deception can be played out as concert operations… But you can't just hit a button and mind-control the world.
If that could be done so easily, then we would have already been programmed. If that is the case, then they are extremely fucking bored and wanted to chance rebellion.