Have you noticed that during the Corona crisis most people don't seem to be able to critically think and see factual information for what it is? Instead, people seem as if they are under a mass hypnosis by what they hear on the television. Is this why they call it "programming"? To understand what is going on, the following videos may shed some light on the dynamics at play. During the 1950s Solomon Ash conducted what is now known as the Ash Conformity Experiment to investigate the extend to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.
The conclusion was that people conform for two main reasons: Because they want to fit in with the group, and they believe the group is better informed than they are.
The Milgram Shock Experiment (11:46 min.) or Full Documentary (44:26 min.)