It's not even maliciousness...it's just pure arrogance on so many levels:
1) That they know better than the average American what is best for us.
1) They as 'elites' their whims and desire shouldn't be held back by commoners.
1) They have built and developed foundations and networks necessary to execute their will upon the people.
The greatest challenge in the pursuit of their desires was a successful businessman, who wasn't a politician; nor beholden to any one group. The largest wrinkle in their plans was ignoring the support that Trump really held.
My opinion, is that if Trump was only mildly successful, the algorithms and methods they employed would have gone undetected. A few vote here, a votes there; simple enough to write off. But Trumps support was so underestimated that they had to overplay their hands in order to ensure that he didn't win.
The part that should put every American on notice and cause them to not sleep at night, isn't how many elements had to come together to not just enact this fraud/theft on the American people; but that it required elements of our governments (Federal, State and Local) to be complicit in this matter.
The soapbox has been tried, and while strong in some areas; is under strong attack by social media outlets and news networks. The ballot box is now an area of even greater suspicion, and one which we have to ask if it can ever be trusted again. Which only leaves one box left, and given some of the commentary coming from progressives and Democrats; may need to be opened all too soon.