Who is going to load and unload. Who is going to write the software. Etc.
No matter what these scum do to try and replace their formerly asleep "cattle" with machines, the more they do not understand the larger logistical and technological landscape will be built to support the new complexity. Each additional piece adding to that complexity is just territory to be claimed of which they depend on. As it becomes more and more difficult for a small number of people to truly understand the mechanisms of power, that power will decentralize rapidly.
There is always a man in the loop.