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Nowhere else does the experimental kitchen of digital democracy simmer as intensely as in the geopolitically threatened island republic of Taiwan. The "recipes" for these menus were created by activist students from the open-source community. Visionary Digital Minister Audrey Tang is spreading the concept internationally. At the heart of the film, however, are the creative cooks of the LGBTQI+ community and the emerging environmental movement.
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00:01This is a journey into the margins of Taiwan's vibrant civil society,
00:07into its queer voices and into its resilient vision of digital democracy.
00:20We want people to see these minority communities,
00:24whether it's LGBTQ or whether it's disabled people
00:26or whether it's people of disadvantages.
00:28We want these people's lives to be seen as lives, just like these weeds around us.
00:34And usually it is the people who suffer the most,
00:38who contribute to good ideas that can make things better.
00:41So what used to get in the way becomes the way.
00:49All this under the constant threat from the authoritarian People's Republic of China.
00:56It's out of the back of their mind somewhere regarding Taiwan's fate.
01:01There's a lot of danger for Taiwan going forward.
01:03In the event of an invasion, I think it was the first 48 hours are going to be the most
01:08critical.
01:18There are so many things that I have realized since living in Taiwan of,
01:23even just like a basic sense of like faith and humanity and just other people.
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01:33Vielen Dank.
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