That looks more like a coded signal than a straight announcement.

"after->during->before" - first you will realize you are doing some unskillful thing immediately after doing it yet again [damnit]; then one day you'll notice earlier, during the act itself, and maybe even abort; and some magical day you'll catch yourself about to do it and actually avoid it.

I think it’s important for people to realize that the present is just the past, dressed up and with new technologies

The same hucksters, liars, swindlers, fear-mongers, megalomaniacs, snake-oil salesmen, etc are all still among us, they just might have a different veneer

The film Death of Stalin probably covers the broad strokes of how it will go pretty well...