It is Not About Politics
Wayland is not a new project. It is not even remotely new. It's a very old project. The reason it has been so poorly received and adopted wasn't politics. It was never about politics. People did occasionally try it, stepped on some eggshells, and then walked away.
Politics or political arguments in the 90s were "different"; the issues people fought over where not the same. The words and the style were different.
People who choose not to use Wayland are pragmatic people. They want to get work done. If you offer somebody who has a simple mechanical toaster something with WiFi+app, that somebody would justifiably become sceptical. First, to what extent can that toaster be controlled? Also, what would be the added benefits of the "new" one?
The analogy goes a long way. See, X comes with plenty of tools, set aside many programs only designed (at the moment) to work with X. Some will never get re-implemented to work with anything else. They are already "finished" (or shelved) projects.
X is old and mature. It runs on more than just GNU/Linux. Many programs, including some of my own, were written specifically for X. When X needs debugging or when X needs fixing, there are numerous tools available. Wayland does not have or barely has such tools.
Beware the people who try to make this about politics. Their motivations are sinister. █