Well, some will agree, some will disagree, some will babble on about how 2012 is not about destruction but about a rebirth or enlightenment.
All I can say is that a change is coming soon, post 2012, pre or right on, it is coming. The collective unconscious is reaching a critical mass, and
the operation of the world is destroying it and it's people. The change might take a long time, or it might be relatively short (as far revolutions
go).
People are attaching on to 2012 as the end because it signifies the end is coming. Not the end of the world but the end of the world as we know it.
The end of an age. They might not know that yet though