Carranza's Largely Conservative Program Is Most Blindingly Obvious

Carranza's ultimately conservative program is most blindingly obvious when it comes to the all-important question of land. Carranza believed that the large Asiendas needed to get back up and running. They didn't need to be broken up into a million little pieces. So if Carranza believes in private property rights, who is going to assume control over the millions of acres the Department of Confiscated Lands now controlled? Well, first the victorious generals, obviously. The other main group that's going to benefit from Carranza's land allocation policies is the old Porfirian oligarchs.