The scenario here is one where 99% of people's jobs have been automated out, so I'm kind of assuming that there are tons of robots and the 1% are somehow necess

The scenario here is one where 99% of people's jobs have been automated out, so I'm kind of assuming that there are tons of robots and the 1% are somehow necessary to control the robots. And then there can't really be a revolution because the 1% will just tell the killbots to kill the rebels.