Language complexity irony

I'm in process of learning Java deeper and I discover Generics. No, I don't mean "Java has generics. Wow!" I mean corner cases like this:

class MyClass<T extends MyClass<T>>

Or this one:

What is the difference between a Collection<Pair<String,Object>>, a Collection<Pair<String,?>> and a Collection<? extends Pair<String,?>>?


It takes significant effort to imagine what such class is and what are its usages and limitations.
The irony I see is that Java initially was introduced as simplified C++. Not just C++ with garbage collector but the structure of language was simplified in order to become programming language for masses. And what we see 10 years later? Java became no less difficult then C++ in some aspects. Programming is too complex area to do it with simple tools.

Lesson learned: do things as simple as possible but not simpler :)