The quest for meaning sells. This does not look to me like a civilization on the verge of apocalypse, but rather a spontaneous spiritual awakening. People are attempting to find a belief structure that is practical, consistent and non-hypocritical. Many established religions have Armageddon or a similar scenario in their system of belief. God is depicted as wrathful, and humanity portrayed as intrinsically evil and rebellious.
Doomsday is seen as cosmic justice.
But this turns God into a cruel dictator, and we should be courageous enough to question why we should be condemned just at the moment we seem to be waking up. Surely this is a misunderstanding of the facts. Humanity is possessed of both free will and the ability to make wise choices, and it would help matters greatly if we believed in that ability more consistently. Everything works synchronistically. The more we concentrate on Armageddon, the more likely it is that we will bring it into manifestation.