"I strongly feel if someone could match the merging ability of Git with the ease of simple, well worded commands, it could win."

But we have that, and not only didn't it win, it shows no sign of winning. Mercurial isn't even growing in apparent mindshare.

"Easier" and "technically sound" is by observation, not by a long line of strained theorizing, not enough. Theories must take this fact into account or be useless in explaining the real world.