Dunno about that Butan, I mean look at Pokemon Go. It is global phenomenon made to attract and control masses and affect their behavior. Why does everybody play Overwatch? Because everybody else does. People like to follow others.
My mom goes to the flea market to buy something specific, sees long line of people waiting to buy something, has no clue what it is, does she need it or not, still stands in a line. I've seen people waiting in lines for hours not even realizing why are they there.
It is not too far fetched to assume that with sufficiently advanced techniques our overlords certainly posses because they came as result of countless experiments on people throughout decades, they are able to push masses in certain direction, effectively creating future situations according to their own will. Do you really think that current behavior of 'civilized' people is natural? That being tolerant is natural? It is more a product of indoctrination, from mass media and other sources after WWII ended to prevent similar disaster to happen. Our true nature is aggressive, deep inside we're just animals who act upon their instincts.
Which is why I believe that it is incredibly easy to change people opinion from one extreme to another, because it is not natural state but learned behavior. That is why keeping things balanced is so damn important.