The world did not come to an end on December 21 and yet there are things in this world that should come to an end. Poverty and greed are but a few amongst the big ones. Others? 1. The cultivation of fear as a social norm in the USA is leading to the response 'we must all bear arms.' Yes, America, it is written in your constitution that you all have the 'right to bear arms.' Yet have you stopped to think that this therefore also infers you have the 'right to not bear arms'? It would be of untold benefit for your children to see you implenting that right as a strategy for a better future. End the fear, build positivity. 2. Judgemental attitudes: The concept of superiority.