I feel that language is the refuge of educated idiots. You can take very simple ideas and wrap them with enough verbose and dense prose such that they take a while before a reader can unpack them and realise there's nothing new inside. It's almost a reflection of peoples' egos rather than their ideas.
As a counterpoint we have the quote: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter."
As a counterpoint we have the quote: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter."