Maybe “near-fatal” is too strong a word, the comment I replied to also had examples. Existence of examples doesn’t distinguish winning from survival, seeing some use. I understand the statement I replied to as meaning something like “In 200 years, if the world remains mostly as we know it, the probability that most elections use cardinal voting methods is above 50%”. This seems implausible to me for the reasons I listed, hence the question about what you actually meant, perhaps my interpretation of the statement is not what you intended. (Is “long run” something like 200 years? Is “winning” something like “most elections of some kind use cardinal voting methods”?)
Maybe “near-fatal” is too strong a word, the comment I replied to also had examples. Existence of examples doesn’t distinguish winning from survival, seeing some use. I understand the statement I replied to as meaning something like “In 200 years, if the world remains mostly as we know it, the probability that most elections use cardinal voting methods is above 50%”. This seems implausible to me for the reasons I listed, hence the question about what you actually meant, perhaps my interpretation of the statement is not what you intended. (Is “long run” something like 200 years? Is “winning” something like “most elections of some kind use cardinal voting methods”?)