Much of the apparent obscurantism in continental philosophy is a product frankly of bad translations.

That and much of it was meant to be read somewhat poetically not prescriptively.

I am also not convinced that today's distracted and scattered brains are even capable of reading and digesting something like Kant or Hegel fully. I have a hard time slowing down and thinking at the slow but detailed pace the text requires. I used to read this stuff on the bus or plane before smart phones and even then it was hard to focus deeply enough.

Also, now I old and just fall asleep.