Elon Musk, pictured considering whether to record an EDM song.

It was a bad week for bullies, which made a great week for the rest of us. 

Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF.

Two of the world’s worst had terrible weeks, during which many of their followers finally screwed their brains on properly and turned on them with ridicule and much of the same patronizing, sociopathic, condescending vitriol they’ve showered on the rest of us good citizens for years.

So … yay.

Now, I don’t wish bad things on anyone (a lie) and constantly pray for all of Earth’s 8 billion people (bigger lie), but it didn’t exactly lure my tender feelings out into the open (I cry during dog food commercials) to see how awful things went for Donald Trump and Elon Musk this week.

By the way, I just Googled how many people there are on Earth and unexpectedly discovered exactly how many people have been in Earth, Wind & Fire. Surprisingly, the numbers weren’t that different.

Anyway, we’re talking about politics and media, and because I carry a homemade press pass and stand one class away from a community college political science degree, here’s what my vast expertise has concluded:

Despite Ron DeSantis having a good week, people may be getting sick of rich white megalomaniacs’ insane egos and desperate need to control everyone. (We’ll deal with the DeSantis forest fire over the hill in Florida when it gets here.)

I hope so, anyway. I know better than to get too hopeful. I once voted for Michael Dukakis and moved to Hollywood believing I’d be a rock star. So maybe I’m not best equipped to judge.

But the sarcastic fire raining down on Musk last week from smarter people—after he bought Twitter and started fixing what wasn’t broken—was like rain to a parched California reservoir.

Only an elitist of the highest purity (with no sense of humor) would think he had the authority after one week to charge people to verify who they really are, and have been, for years.

Every time I logged onto Twitter last week, I could hear Roger Daltry singing “Who are you?” in my head.

Then when everyone made fun of Musk and complained about his stupid monthly fee, he didn’t drop the whole idea, but instead dropped the price, like he was doing us a favor (I lost my check-marked account years ago and would rather spend $8 a month on cat treats). Perhaps we should be grateful for having to pay less than half as much for Elon Musk to say we’re who everyone knows we are.

And he just keeps talking. Every syllable that comes out of his mouth about the press and the media and its function insults people who understand journalism and the function of a free press and voluntarily has the pathetic bank balance to prove it.

Twitter has indeed become an important tool of the press. And again, like we’re seeing with hedge funds gobbling up real news outlets and spitting out real news while swallowing any profit, the cycle now repeats itself on a much weirder scale with Twitter.

Now the world’s richest man says Twitter may have to file for bankruptcy, after his arrogance drove its value down billions in mere days. It’s still worth more money than anyone needs, but that says a lot about the country’s crumbling tolerance for arrogance. Especially after he came in and dumped thousands of talented and hard-working people and told the leftovers they have to start commuting again. That isn’t a big deal, but on the other hand, the guy who promised to routinely take humanity to Mars can’t even keep his employees from having to sit in traffic.

Remember two weeks ago, when Twitter was one of the most successful companies on the planet? Now as advertisers and users run from the ticking time bomb, Musk is talking about Twitter filing for bankruptcy … two weeks after he took over?

I abhor (don’t understand) business of any kind, and my net worth reflects that aversion. But even I know not to screw with something that works. How does the world’s richest mortal drive one of the world’s most successful businesses over a volcanic cliff so fast?

He said he bought Twitter to “try to help humanity,” according to Time. Musk did it because he was trying to help his ego.

Things brings us to Donald Trump, about whom so much has been said for years that nearly half the country insisted on ignoring. Maybe not anymore.

We don’t even need to mention nuking hurricanes or drinking bleach this week, after so many Trump-backed candidates wet the bed. The best thing about Trump’s week, when his Republican Party was supposed to steamroll back into power, was one of “his” candidates—a would-be leader who said America is the best country in the U.S.—managed a tie.

Kicking Trump when he’s down is suddenly the favorite hobby of Republicans, which means it doesn’t take much imagination. So we don’t need to beat a dead orange horse. But this isn’t about Republicans. It’s about people detached from reality worshiping extreme people with extreme positions.

I don’t know if I believe in karma, but I do believe horrible decisions involving humans who bully people for a living, at some point, will come back to haunt them. It couldn’t happen to a more worthy bunch.

Lining up behind a bully takes no courage. I hope a few more people understand that.

Follow music critic Tony Hicks at Twitter.com/TonyBaloney1967.