---
entity_slug: colonial_economic_system_adaptation_mechanisms
entity_type: Process
vsm_system: S4
type_rationale: The entity describes ongoing processes of adjustment and transformation
  ("processes through which colonial economies adjust") rather than a static structure
  or rule system.
vsm_rationale: These adaptation mechanisms function as intelligence processes that
  scan environmental changes and enable system adaptation, which is the core function
  of S4 in Beer's model.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T10:51:09.830145'
---

# Classification: Colonial Economic System Adaptation Mechanisms

## Entity Type

Process

## VSM System

S4

## Type Rationale

The entity describes ongoing processes of adjustment and transformation ("processes through which colonial economies adjust") rather than a static structure or rule system.

## VSM Rationale

These adaptation mechanisms function as intelligence processes that scan environmental changes and enable system adaptation, which is the core function of S4 in Beer's model.
