Okay, skipping past the fact that so-called Manchurian Candidates are impossible...

Re: The Winter Soldier, Shuri, Ayo and the Dora Milaje would know one fundamental fact: the brain doesn't forget anything (recall is a different matter) and PTSD works on cues that can be -
Completely idiosyncratic to the individual.

You can't possibly know ALL the triggers. There are second-order triggers. And so on.

So when they tell Bucky he's fixed, they know that there are unknowables.

So they fail-safed that shit.

Because they are KIND, not STUPID.
And if Tony Stark (or Bruce Wayne) did this? You all would be losing your mind about how bad ass it is.
[An example of a second-order trigger:
You visited London, heard fireworks and flashbacked to active combat.
Later, someone mentions London on the TV and you flashback to both London and active combat.
That's a crude example, but you get the idea]
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