Google is paid by corporations to sell you stuff based on your search. That's the whole point of keyword based sponsoring. You can be searching for dildos, solar panels or marriage counseling and you'll get sponsored links. It doesn't say anything about the actual thing other than that someone is trying to profit off it. Dildos aren't scam because someone is trying to sell me one when I search for them.

OP: "Google is paid by nefarious corporations to appear at the top of their results to change the social narrative."

OP told me I'd get sponsored results as the top of the google search. I didn't. Because I'm not some weirdo who chooses not to use an adblock, that's a caveat OP left out.

If you want to see sponsored results, be my guest, but don't assume everyone is like that.