As it so happens, the foundation was created by the authorization of Congress in 1993 after being proposed by Representative Dana Rohrabacher. That motherfucker! And Senator Jesse Helms.

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was founded by an organization called the National Captive Nations Committee. The NCNC was an organization that was founded by, quote, unrepentant Nazi allies who came to the U.S. after World War II, largely members of a group called the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. During the war, members of the group collaborated with the Nazis, rounded up Jews, and assisted in assassinating and exterminating thousands of people.

The first one, and it's the most glaring problem, is who commissioned the study. They clearly have a vested interest in presenting communism and socialism in a negative light, and thus, any data they're involved in producing is suspect. They have a vested financial interest in presenting the idea that communism is on the rise, and thus they need more funding to educate the youth.