[…] Davíð was the embodiment of the neo-liberal modernisation of Iceland. When I was editor in the 2000s, I described him as a gangsta rapper, a comparison former mayor Jón Gnarr also made. An actor and writer turned politician, Davíð embodied commercialisation, ego, and, strangely, swag, a penchant for Machiavelli in ways that brought Tupac and Biggie Smalls to mind. Our company group chat, upon noting Davíð’s passing, immediately rang out with “Ding, dong! The witch is dead!” Mercifully, Haukur Már has been less crude in describing this man who redefined the nation. …