Danish children acquire language skills at slower pace than six other languages (including Swedish which is in the same language sub-family): http://cphpost.dk/life-in-denmark/the-danish-languages-irrit...

Is there also a conspiracy by the Danish "elites" to deliberately keep the language's phonological complexity so there's a "higher barrier of entry" to become an "intellectual"?

Without using profanities, I'd just say that summary is absolute NONSENSE.