There was still competition at that point. As soon as we have robots that perform as well as a human, whoever has resources can make whatever they need (soldie

There was still competition at that point. As soon as we have robots that perform as well as a human, whoever has resources can make whatever they need (soldiers, workers) and who doesn't have resources is disposable. There is no need to make concessions with disposable people demanding rights, you can just send killer robots and replace those people with robots.