The way they teach Dada in art school is that it was a plucky little movement of artists who stood up for what was right and ultimately changed the status quo.
That much is true, but on its face, this is an extremely safe, sanitized, even simplistic understanding of what Dada is.
That's the other thing about it, they also want you to believe it died. That it exists in a cultural context where it can't hurt or sway you.
This is fundamentally untrue. Dada is a philosophy of art and art theory that embraces chaos, randomness, and sees art as a means for social and political change. It's not supposed to be safe or comfortable, or validate any view one might see as in line with "tradition."
Dada has harsh words for the hallowed halls of artistic tradition. It indicts the smug rent-seeking assholes of the art world.
There's no compelling reason to believe that this has changed in the last century.
Dada exists to challenge you, to make you uncomfortable, to confirm your deepest fears, and to provoke you into new ways of thinking and understanding art.