Nice post Lupo. You must mean socialist as in National Socialist. I grant the 'ism is anti-communist, based on Europe in the late 1930s.
I don't know anything about aircraft design. Lol
My time in the Boeing Design and Engineering group in Renton is not applicable since I only worked on a few aircraft prototypes. Boeing's SST, The C5, the 737, 747 and the various mutants that were modified for Military contract purposed.
You wanna talk politics. The aircraft business is seriously infected. Boeings expertise at that time was mainly big haulers not hypersonic airframes. Lockheed, the serious hypersonic folks, were awarded the C5 contract and essentially built the Boeing design. The SST, which should have been Lockheeds baby, was dropped after the prospect was considered unprofitable. The French went ahead for the sake of national ego and built an SST. It too was not profitable and thus faced extinction. The market is money driven. Eh?
I hope you get to experience the realm of Geriatrics Lupo. Just don't fall off a tall roof.
BTW did you ever hear of the Dynasoar project? It was Boeing's design for the viable flyable rentry vehicle. North American Rockwell won that award, never did hear the why's and wherefore's of that decision.

ps, you're right Lupo, Communism has no clout. Those street demonstrators prove that. LOL