[Mark17]

this collection of cowardly, lazy, sacks of power hungry, unreasonable people

You are far too nice. I would not have referred to them in such glowing terms. I would have referred them with such terms as POS, SOBs, MFers, a$$holes etc etc.

[stanne]

I find it always more effective to use good vocab and let the reader paraphrase. And you may certainly paraphrase as you did.