# Rudolf Rocker and the Will to Power, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/rudolf-rocker-and-the-will-to-power-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 21, 2016

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George H. Smith explains Rocker’s theory of why the ideas of classical liberalism were swamped by the rising tide of statism.

[Originally published in essay form on January 31, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/rudolf-rocker-will-power-part-2)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._