A specific word for not caring about an issue until you're personally affected or victimized by it [closed]

Solution 1:

I'm not sure there is a single word/adjective that captures both the before and after attitudes you describe. You mention that a phrase is also acceptable. I would focus on the transformative/victimizing event itself.

After you get mugged, have your car stolen, and your house burgled, you suddenly care more, become hyper-aware of it.

Such an event hits home and the person understands it in a new light.

hit home (idiom)

To become very clear and obvious in usually a forceful or unpleasant way

The truth about their marriage finally hit home. M-W

To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated. Wiktionary

If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people realize that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to accept it.

In many cases the reality of war doesn't hit home with reservists until they're actually called upon to fight. Collins ref

To be persuaded to take action, readers must become involved with the issue: it must hit home. You should decide how to appeal to the audience emotionally, by picking a part of a situation that can make them "live" the experience.
... One devastating traffic accident can show the need for stricter drunk-driving laws. K. Adams and J. Adams; The Accomplished Writer

The dangers of highway robbery hit home for Butler after an incident in which the gang attempted to hold up a coach on 27 April 1723. Fiona McDonald; Gentlemen Rogues & Wicked Ladies

The mugging hit close to home for Father Roy. Charles Thompson; Border Odyssey

I believe that when you are actually reading all of this it will all hit home and make you angry enough to demand the very much needed change that we are all deserving of, and you will be complacent no more. Alicia Rolow; The Plane Truth from an American Airlines Flight Attendant

Once again, we see how emotional upheavals enable significant realizations to “hit home” with us. Rick Furtak; Knowing Emotions