Dualities

The mysterious tendril of the dream, "Trophy Conditioning" is still haunting me at seemingly unpredictable moments. I still do not know what it means, but I think it is popping up in the presence of dual logics. Light/dark. Good/bad. Right/wrong. Holy/evil. Winner/loser. Us/them. The tendril seems to be showing how often humanity relies on simplistic stereotypes to shape its cultural understanding.
 
is it ever as simple as an either/or?