Occupy This and That

Anyone thinking that there is no relationship between the horizontal axis and vertical axis data in the following charts would be correct. Visually the points appear as if completely randomly scattered on canvas, perhaps artistically stylish, but otherwise insignificant:

Vertical - Real GDP 2010, Horizontal - % of society thriving in 2009, markers represent world countries, correlation -0.1848.

Vertical - Real GDP 2010, horizontal - Happy Planet Index 2009, markers represent world countries, correlation 0.0228.

Vertical - Real GDP 2010, horizontal - Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, markers represent world countries, correlation -0.2049.

Insignificant, really? Let's scroll back and read the explanations below the charts. And then let's go to the links and read about the data behind the charts. Turns out that the data is significant in a funny kind of a way - it pulls the rug out from under the modern economics and politics.
How?
"Economic Growth", measured as a percentage change in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Gross National Product (GNP), has become to be used as a mantra by politicians and economists, and it is now presented as the very basis of our existence. Without Economic Growth, supposedly all bad things will happen, starting with the world itself falling apart. Therefore the central job description for politicians has become securing a continuous Economic Growth, aided with advice from their economists. For the charts above, Real GDP was used as supposedly it, being adjusted for inflation or deflation, is more accurate in measuring Economic Growth.
People of all nations seek more happiness in their lives as that is the most basic and common urge for everyone. On the horizontal axis, various measures of nations' happiness is plotted such as a Percentage of Society Thriving, Happy Planet index, and Satisfaction with Life index.
We could say that while the vertical axis on all these charts presents the aims of the nations' rulers, the horizontal axis presents the aims of the people being ruled. And clearly, these two aims seem to be completely out of sync and completely uncorrelated!
If there is no relationship between Economic Growth and people's perception of  happiness, how come Economic Growth is still the main agenda of all the world rulers? Aren't we supposed to live in democratic world in which we choose our own leaders who are supposed to lead us towards more happiness?
Could it be because income taxes to sustain governments and leaders are levied on the proceeds arising from Economic Growth? Meaning the leaders are in no way motivated by leading their nations towards more happiness, but by collecting more tax revenues via a continuous process of Economic Growth instead?
Could it be that Occupy This and That protests are happening because of the fundamental disconnect between the leaders' aims, and of the people being led?