I think saying "the world did end as we know it" is too much of a broad term, is to easily misinterpreted and doesn't really accurately say what happened. The best way I have to describe what I think happened in 2012 was a grid shift that we are unable to see with our regular sense.

People and the elites in power have been playing a cat and mouse game for a very long time. I think this quote accurately displays what has been happening constantly over the centuries with power and people.

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche