On Thursday, having dictated the life of his fellow citizens for the past twelve years, Raul Castro will step down as Cuba’s leader.

Sadly, the end of the Castros won’t be the liberation of Cuba’s people from communist dictatorship. A longtime communist party loyalist, Miguel Díaz-Canel, will take over from Raul and ensure that the island’s preserved dystopia, a relic of the Cold War, stumbles forward.