Of course what Jackie Chan said is true and correct.
Jackie Chan is a smart and insightful person, and the audience
who clapped were also correct.
Of course, this kind of thinking is not new or special.
I do not think he said it only as a lip-service, he really
believe in it.
By the way, he also said a few other things there, which can be
taken as critical, such as young generation Chinese people who
absorb outer culture influence, and also the bad quality of Chinese
products.
So it is not for sweet lip-service.
But regarding this specific point,
I agree with him that too much freedom or democracy can bring
unintended consequences. I am not sure about the situation in HK, I
think it is still managable, but maybe it is "Luan" for Jackie Chan
standards, but definitely Taiwan is a "Luan" case, and let us not
forget Thailand where it is completely 100% "Luan".
This proves that democracy should not worshipped as some kind of
sacred cow. There are some potential pitfalls which need to be
recognized.
Unfortunately, some people are too brainwashed and worship it as
a kind of sacred cow. They even make topics such as "Is Jakcie Chan
communist". Today is what age and what era already, but some people
are so happy to use outdated jargonism and labelism, exhibiting a
kind of extremism and dogmatism. This proves they are even worse
than any kinds of communists or other thought-extremists. In truth,
the most superior ideology is pragmatism, that is to be moderate
and to recognize the advantages and the disadvantages of different
things. Something that Jackie Chan and other sober people are able
to do.