---
entity_slug: commercial_independence_effect
entity_type: Process
vsm_system: S4
type_rationale: The Commercial Independence Effect describes a transformation with
  duration whereby tenants and retainers become independent through changing commercial
  wealth patterns, representing an activity that happens rather than something that
  exists independently.
vsm_rationale: This effect represents the economic system's adaptive intelligence
  as it scans and responds to environmental changes in commercial wealth distribution,
  fundamentally transforming social and political structures through market mechanisms.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T10:55:20.958850'
---

# Classification: Commercial Independence Effect

## Entity Type

Process

## VSM System

S4

## Type Rationale

The Commercial Independence Effect describes a transformation with duration whereby tenants and retainers become independent through changing commercial wealth patterns, representing an activity that happens rather than something that exists independently.

## VSM Rationale

This effect represents the economic system's adaptive intelligence as it scans and responds to environmental changes in commercial wealth distribution, fundamentally transforming social and political structures through market mechanisms.
