Can a society be organized like ours and survive?

I'm seeing those kind of reports out there.

What causes these types of possible scenarios?  Power outages, for example.

Could it be that we are too far removed from the source of our existence?

For instance, in olden days, most people lived directly off the land.  They grew their own food, raised their own animals and essentially provided for themselves.  Then, over time, people moved from the farms to the cities, and became employees of some larger organization.  The organization paid them money for their services, which they used to purchase things that they needed.  See the disconnect?  People went from being self reliant to being dependent upon a job.  Now that the jobs are disappearing, they will become increasingly dependent upon government to supply them with money so that they can support themselves.  If the government fails to do this, the people will die in large numbers.  Massive die off.

Maybe that is what the elite have in mind.  That's one way to cure the overpopulation problem.  Planned obsolescence and a massive die off.  The meek won't inherit the earth, it will be the robots and their owners.