If the plot is do much less important compared to the message, why bother even writing the story?
Why not just plainly state the message?

>>24528550 (OP)
Prose > characterisation >>> plot >>>>> message

Who da fuck cares about plot

it's propaganda
>Why not just plainly state the message?
plausible deniability

some like to write fairy tales, others philosophy, others novels.
some like horses, other 4 wheels horsepower, others two wheels horsepower, some bicycles.
what is there here to be questionned?

Because people love stories and it’s how wisdom was traditionally passed down and it holds your attention

>>24528552
Agreed.

>>24528589
This tbdesu

>>24528550 (OP)
A work of fiction with a “message” feels like a salesman using your first name.

>>24528552
what's the purpose of prose that doesn't deliver anything?

>>24528550 (OP)
Some messages are best delivered and understood through narrative
This is like asking why you should read books when you can just get chatgpt to summarize them for you