Having previously worked at Google and seen how they communicate internally - yes, many people absolutely do make that kind of money there without agreeing with

Having previously worked at Google and seen how they communicate internally - yes, many people absolutely do make that kind of money there without agreeing with everything they do, and while objecting to much of it. However that doesn't mean that the people making internal objections always get to overrule the people making the mistakes. Clearly not. To be clear, at Google there are cases where internal objections do affect what Google does; but nowhere near always. (Note I haven't worked at Google for almost 4 years now and am not speaking for anyone other than myself in this comment.)