The concept of shame has largely disappeared from American life over time, but the process seems to have accelerated more recently.

How else can we explain the evolution of social media, where some so-called influencers go out of their way to call attention to misadventures and stunts that people of a certain age — primarily old enough to know better — would happily leave untold or unshared?

Too many people today have never been made aware of the concept of shame.

It’s easy to blame people like the Kardashians, who’ve made untold millions from exposing their lives — and in some cases themselves — for profit and titillation. Influencers like Jake Paul and others have also carved out a nice living for themselves despite lacking many discernible skills other than being attention grabbers. They’re willing to talk loud or perform on video, and for some reason, many Americans and those abroad are willing to buy whatever they’re selling.

But at least most of these influencer types can be considered harmless. Perhaps highly annoying and devoid of the capacity for shame, but otherwise just people who found a way to get rich and popular the easy way.

And then there’s Casey Anthony.

After some years off the national radar following her 2011 acquittal of the most serious charges in the death of her daughter Caylee in 2008, Anthony resurfaced March 1 when she posted a video on TikTok to “reintroduce” herself. She declared herself a researcher and legal advocate for women and those in the LGBTQ community.

“I feel that it’s necessary if I’m going to continue to operate as a legal advocate that I start to advocate for myself and also advocate for my daughter,” Anthony said in the video.

Only 17 years too late for Caylee.

Casey Anthony was convicted only of lying to the law enforcement entities that investigated Caylee’s disappearance and, after her body was found, her death. The little girl’s mother lied throughout the ordeal, eventually testifying that her daughter had drowned in the backyard pool of her parents, George and Cindy Anthony — formerly Mahoning Valley residents — in Florida.

Casey Anthony blamed Caylee’s death on her parents and said the little girl’s grandparents had covered up her death.

“For those of you who don’t know, my name is Casey Anthony,” Anthony said in the TikTok video. “My daughter is Caylee Anthony. My parents are George and Cindy Anthony. This is not about them. This is not in response to anything that they have said or done…. The whole point of this is for me to begin to reintroduce myself.”

She promoted her Substack in the video and said she planned to communicate with her followers via email about her legal work.

The reaction was swift and mostly negative, leading Casey Anthony to leave X, one of the platforms where she posted the video. The woman who first blamed a non-existent Hispanic nanny for her daughter’s disappearance before telling authorities her parents were responsible badly miscalculated how the world would respond to the new and unimproved Casey Anthony.

She failed to read the room — or the rest of humanity — before reintroducing herself.

Brad Conway, the former lawyer for Casey’s parents, called the latest saga a “stunt for attention and money.” He also added, “hiring Casey Anthony to give you legal advice or be your legal advocate is like punching a hole in your boat to get a better breeze.”

It’s also just the latest — and perhaps most egregious example — of someone who has no shame.