What is the significance of impermanence in Buddhism?

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Buddhism teaches that there are three characteristics of reality. Suffering, impermanence, and no-self. Each of these is a gateway to enlightenment.

But if you ask me, impermanence is Buddhism’s entire schtick. It stands reign above suffering and no-self as the characteristic that really gives Buddhism its meaning. Because once you reach a certain level of consciousness, suffering goes away, and no-self is just a semantic trick they play.

But impermanence? That’s really and truly worthy of building a worldview and religion on top of. Literally nothing in existence stays there, it eventually stops existing. Nothing is permanent, everything goes away eventually. If you stick with that, it’ll take you all the way to enlightenment and beyond.