Digital technology is breaking the limitations of time,space,and context with unprecedent-ed breadth and depth.Its integration with capital has facilitated the transformation of capital forms from tangible to intangible,making digital capitalism the latest manifestation of contemporary capital-ism.Despite its private nature,inherent contradictions,and reproduction and circulation laws remain-ing fundamentally unchanged,digital capitalism poses new challenges to the pursuit of happiness and self-liberation of people by obscuring its means of exploitation and accumulation.To explore the mechanisms of alienation on happiness in the digital capitalism era and to bridge the gap,it is es-sential to adhere to the Marxist critique of wage labor and alienated labor.By leveraging the advan-tages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics,and by keeping pace with the times in ex-amining digital labor,digital exploitation,and digital capital,Chinese-style modernization can be ad-vanced,expanded,and led through digital innovation.This approach aims to resolve the mechanisms of exploitation and alienation inherent in digital capitalism,thereby ensuring that digital production benefits the broader population.
Digital capitalismHappiness alienationChinese-style digital modernization