No, we are talking about having a high shame-based culture as an effective and positive societal tool. As OP said, “cultures have unfortunately devalued shame t

No, we are talking about having a high shame-based culture as an effective and positive societal tool. As OP said, “cultures have unfortunately devalued shame to the point where it holds nearly no cultural power”. If shame is highly effective in a culture, then it is highly effective against more than just the one thing you would like it to be used for. In the recent past, shame was a very valued cultural norm and it was used overwhelmingly to enforce ridged ideas of cultural norms that included racial segregation, anti gay, anti empowered women, strict gender roles, etc. It isn’t a strawman to say that revaluing shame has broader implications than this right in front of your face problem.