Below is a deep, structured, Notion-compatible exploration of how the Social System—using its own internal AGIL—performs the larger societal function of Latency/Pattern Maintenance (L).

You asked:

“How does the Social System, with its internal AGIL, perform its role of Latency & Pattern Maintenance in society?”

This means:

• First: What is the internal AGIL of the Social System?
• Second: How does that internal functioning allow the Social System to execute the macro-function (L) for the whole society?

I. Internal AGIL of the Social System (Micro-Level)

Within itself, the Social System must satisfy four internal functional needs.

A — Adaptation (Aᴿ): Reproducing Social Actors

• Social System adapts by securing human resources:
  • family reproduction
  • socialisation capacity
  • institutional continuity
• It absorbs cultural information to maintain functioning.

G — Goal Attainment (Gᴿ): Producing Socially Competent Actors

• Internal goal = create stable, norm-following, emotionally balanced individuals.
• Define social roles (mother, teacher, classmate, colleague).
• Establish expectations for social behaviour.

I — Integration (Iᴿ): Harmonising Interaction

• Through norms, roles, institutions, informal sanctions, community pressure.
• Maintains internal cohesion and regulates conflicts.

L — Latency (Lᴿ): Value-Transmission & Motivation