I agree with science is prone to corruption. As far as climate science having power...it was opposed by every giant oil, gas, extraction corporation and actively suppressed for decades, with these companies funding rival fake science. Science is still science, science minded people will hear you out provided evidence. If someone wants to claim CO2 doesn't cause climate change and they have a good argument I still believe someone will listen. Einstein was ridiculed for years about his ideas, you could say he had majority of 'institutional-science power' against him, but ideas still won out.