I think the 8 (or is it 9 now?) Grand Dukes (GB) are totally fucking delusional. They actually believe that they were hand chosen by Almighty God to be of the select few (in this --overlappy-- generation) to go to Heaven and be with God. How much more narcissistic can one be?
WTF are they smoking? Steve Lett is "special" that Joe Hoover passed over all the older faithful men (you can name some, as I can) to be of the very few "remnant" of this time period? HAHAHAHA Or, Sam Herd? Obviously the token N*****.
I truly believe that these delusional Narcissists really really believe that The End is (finally) Near! There's COVID. Now there is the Mid-East peace alliance. (The JW's will just drool over this!) For them, everything points to The End. Even the CSA lawsuits point to Satan's attacking them! They are confident that Joe Hoover will come to their rescue!
So, frankly, I think they have just "circled the wagons" and are holding off "til the end". But just like Boozing Joe, and Do Nothing Nathan, and Crazy Freddy, they will just pass off into the sunset (and die) after one Bandaid fix after another (ie, the overlapping generation Bandaid). Death will be a release -- a blessing. It would also be a disappointment but they won't even know that they never made it to Heaven.
Doc