The predicted end of the Mayan calendar has lead to a massive surge in doomsday cults throughout Mesoamerica, even among non Mayans, a reported spike in criminal ritualized murder better know as "human sacrifice" in the Aztec empire has been blamed on the 2012 hysteria, in fact more people are being sacrificed now than at anytime since it was outlawed over 150 years ago. The 2012 hysteria has had an even bigger effect in the secular culture, in fact millions of retired Mesoamericans have "cashed in" their pensions, believing that they only have 3 years left to live, and are recklessly spending their hard earned cash. I for one hope it doesn't catch on here.