Speaking from experience: once one party realizes there's not going to be a relationship, well, ever. There's really no going back unless both, emphasis on both, parties find value in the friendship.
Odds of the 2nd happening are tantamount to winning the lottery. And if it's happened to you...
Counterpoint kids:
Impose all the views.
Then others will do the same to you.
No one will realize they are simply doing the same exact thing and you all learn a valuable lesson about why humanity can't agree on anything even if it's helping each other
Edit:
To clarify. I'm not trying to pick a...
I see forward thinking.
You're not thinking poor enough. You need to go deeper than "possible improvement poor" we're talking like "systemic, multigenerational, socioeconomic trap poor".
And my family came from the bottom tier there, I can tell you that yes you have valid points. But also, no...