But if it all goes sour nobody will be held accountable and two not one company are ruined.

I don't see how such leveraged acquisitions should be legal.

Is there anywhere a good breakdown of these leveraged acquisitions. Like a video or something that breaks down how that exactly works and why its legal and why the acquired company goes along with it. Its seems like such a strange mechanism. And the history of it.

They better not ruin eBay, it's actually a useful business, I use it all the time